Lincoln Plaza Residences, at the gateway to Boston’s Leather
District, overlooking the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the new
Chinatown Park, consists of eighty-five residences and eight
commercial shops in two buildings, The Lincoln and The Essex. Each
building has its own distinctive history that reflects its
significance in the development of downtown Boston and the emerging
Leather District. The Lincoln building is a Renaissance Revival
mercantile structure designed by the noted architect Willard T.
Sears and built in 1894. The Essex building is a Classical Revival
structure with Beaux-Arts influences. It was built
in 1899, and
designed by the architects Walter T. Winslow, George H. Wetherell
and Henry Forbes Bigelow. The conversion of these two historical
buildings was completed in 2006. Each residence combines the
traditional elements and merges them with Boston contemporary style
solidifying it as one of Boston signature projects.
